Chris Clark posted an excellent survey instrument for evaluating use and opinion about Tablet PCs in schools. Two-thirds of respondents use their Tablet in every class and 100 percent use them at least an hour a day and would recommend Tablet use to others. Granted, these are used with motivated, gifted and talented students.
Respondents ranked number 1 use as making live annotations as on PowerPoint slides during class and ranked number 2 as using the multimedia library during class. They ranked Internet Explorer and PowerPoint as numbers one and two software used.
These are good data to include in a proposal for teachers to use mobile PCs in other schools. These stats shout, “You can use Tablets to advantage, too.” And, teachers can adapt Clark’s survey instrument to assess Tablet impacts in other schools.
Yes, it’s a small n, but we work with what we have. Thanks, Chris.